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July 2017

July 23, 2017

The Derelict

I was going for my walk after dark, after the heat of the day had broken....

July 18, 2017

Mr. Pezzulo’s Uncanny Day

The praying mantis on my hat was the fun part of the day. And I,...

June 2017

June 21, 2017

They Are Sending Our Fellow Christians to Die

They are going to die. Just recently, about 200 Chaldean Christians-- Catholics like me and...

June 16, 2017

It Started With The London Fire

It started with the London fire. Images of it were all over the internet, as...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

The Violent Bear It Away: A Response To Dave Daubenmire’s Violent Idolatry

It's always strange to see someone I knew from my "old life" online. Years and years...

January 2017

January 20, 2017

Presumption, Slippery Slopes and Today’s Inaguration

I have two notes for my readers, ahead of this nightmare inauguration. First of all,...

December 2016

December 18, 2016

Sunday of the Ancestors: Who Does the Work of Abraham?

We're almost to the end of the Nativity Fast now. Last week was the Sunday...

November 2016

November 19, 2016

The Knee Brace, The Imam and the Great Commandment

Take a look at this video: I know, I know. It's a commercial. It's meant...

November 16, 2016

Priests For Life USA Is Now Posting Violence Porn

How would you feel if a relative or loved one was violently killed, by decapitation...

November 09, 2016

Aftermath of the Election: What Do We Do Now?

I didn't watch the Returns last night. I watched an old video of Bob...

November 07, 2016

Father Pavone Treats Naked Human Remains As Photo Prop

I seriously, seriously did not want to write about this man again. Let me ask...

November 06, 2016

Jerusalem to Jericho

Last night at the anticipation Divine Liturgy, we heard the gospel of the Good...

September 2016

September 26, 2016

Soviet Children Fear the Dark: Mr. Rogers and the Call to Love Our Enemy

(image via Pixabay) I'm on an Eastern Countries kick lately. Want to hear about the...

September 14, 2016

Why the Cross? A Meditation for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Why the Cross? Oh, so many reasons. I couldn't tell you them all. Ask me...

September 10, 2016

Where Were You?

(image via Wikimedia Commons) Where were you? That's the question people always ask, after there's...

September 05, 2016

We Need a National Outcry About That Pipeline Now, Please (Updated)

(Image via Pixabay.) There have to better ways to respond to protesters than this. Also did...

September 02, 2016

The Children of God and the Taco Truck Connundrum

(image via Pixabay) I'd like to repeat what I've stated several times already, that Steel...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

A Myth is a Window

(image via Pixabay) Remember that wonderful legend about the angel chopping a man's hands off on...

August 01, 2016

Pope Francis says, “If I Speak of Islamic Violence, I Must Speak of Catholic Violence.”

In light of the recent slaying of Fr. Jacques Hamel, Pope Francis was asked about the...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

The Best Reaction I’ve Read So Far To The Horrific Knife Attack in Japan

Can be found in this article in Forbes. "Where is the outrage? It’s limited, at...

July 27, 2016

End the Year of Mercy?

I know, I know. You should never read the comments. But I couldn't help myself....

July 26, 2016

The One Who Lays Down His Life: A Word on Today’s Martyrdom of Father Jacques Hamel

Once again, I turn on my computer and hear of a terrorist attack in France....

July 24, 2016

These Words on Terrorism and Religion Struck Me Deeply

I was moving back and forth between tabs trying to finish the post I hope...

July 22, 2016

Ask A Muslim

A friend posted something political on her Facebook page and, as these posts tend to...

July 08, 2016

Rend Your Hearts When You Hear of Violence

Everybody stop what you're doing, right now. Stop scrolling, stop typing, stop spreading conspiracy theories...

July 08, 2016

One Sensible Reaction to The Horror of This Week’s Shootings

I said earlier that I didn't know how to react to recent news. I still...

July 08, 2016

Prayers for Dallas

I am watching the news in mounting horror. As it stands right now, eleven police officers...

July 07, 2016

How NOT to React to the Philandro Castile Shooting

I got up too late to read the news online, and ran some errands with...

July 07, 2016

How to React to Police Shootings?

"An America that asks what it owes its most vulnerable citizens is improved and humane....

July 06, 2016

Being A Victim Is Not Impure: On the Martyrdom Of Saint Maria Goretti

It's that time of year again. Today is Maria Goretti's feast day. I can't remember...